The Role of Genetics in Weight Loss

"Participants will get 5 meals/day based on their calorie needs minus 500 kcal/day less than their daily calorie expenditure. All meals will be tracked via a mobile application, including any meals outside the recommended food plan. The calories will be calculated based on the information provided.~To calculate the calories burned from any activities, all participants in the diet intervention arm will get an activity tracking device. The first calorie level is calculated based on the information in the registration form: age, height, weight, gender, and personal view of the daily activity. After that, and once the activity tracker is synced to the program, the calorie level is calculated based on the 7-day average calories burned.~The external diet intervention provider will be blinded to whether the study participants belong to the top or bottom 5% of the polygenic score for BMI."